Hodgins v. Board of County Commissioners

*247The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This was an action to recover taxes alleged to have been illegally assessed and collected from plaintiffs upon corporate property, which they paid under protest. The plaintiffs were the directors and are the successors in interest of the corporation formerly called the Topeka Cold Storage, Ice and Fuel Company, but its name was changed to the H. & K. Investment Company, and it has since been dissolved. They sued the board of county commissioners of Shawnee county to recover the protested taxes for the years of 1920, 1921 and 1922, and…